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UK opposition leaders have called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign after the government confirmed that an associate of Jeffrey Epstein failed a background security check before becoming envoy to Washington. Starmer has faced repeated questions about his judgment in appointing Peter Mandelson, who was sacked last year only months into the post over his ties to the late convicted US sex offender Epstein. The opposition renewed calls for Starmer’s resignation after an investigation by The Guardian newspaper discovered Mandelson had failed an initial background check — later confirmed by the government. Opposition right-wing Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch…
Swizz, your Web Summit panel just explored the collision of culture and technology. Your online live performance platform, Verzuz, is the perfect example of this. What excites you the most about how tech is changing the creative game right now? Swizz Beatz: I think the thing that excites me the most is the way that people can reach people.When I first started you had to hand deliver something physically, even selling records was physical. Now someone can have an idea right here in Qatar and instantly people can know about it in New York. So I think the travel of…
Trump’s roughly two-and-a-half-minute reading, which is slated to air Tuesday, comes after he angered many Christians with a social media post that appeared to depict him as Jesus and publicly quarreled with Pope Leo.Bunni Pounds, the founder of Christians Engaged and an organizer of the Bible event, welcomed the president’s participation and declined to weigh in on the controversies — though she noted that the president’s reading might be relevant.“It’s a scripture about repentance,” Pounds said. “None of us are perfect.”The president’s reading, Second Chronicles 7:14, is among the most frequently invoked verses in American public religious life, calling on…
Published on 16/04/2026 – 16:05 GMT+2 French President Emmanuel Macron urged high school students to have one “Offline Day” per month to disconnect from screens and read instead. “We left you in this jungle and it robbed you of your attention,” he told some 350 children on Thursday at the country’s International City of the French Language. In January he called for a social media ban for children under 15, and in 2024 he commissioned a team of experts who said that children under the age of three should not have any screen time. “We need to slow down and…
When Democrats were grappling with sky-high inflation just a couple of years ago, Donald Trump called their plans to fight price gouging by American companies tantamount to communism. Now that it’s the Republican Party in the affordability hot seat, Trump Cabinet members — and GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill — are doing much the same, laying into CEOs and calling for new regulations and antitrust suits. “They are making money hand over fist,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said of insurance companies at a Thursday Ways and Means Committee hearing. Later, he agreed with House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)…
Iran warned Saturday it would again close the Strait of Hormuz should Washington persist in blocking Iranian ports. The threat was issued just hours after Tehran declared the strategic waterway open following a Lebanon ceasefire. The potential for the resumption of transit had lifted stock markets on Friday and prompted optimism from Washington, with President Donald Trump telling reporters a broader US-Iran peace deal was “very close” and saying Tehran had agreed to hand over its enriched uranium – a key sticking point in negotiations. “We’re going to get it by going in with Iran, with lots of excavators,” Trump…
By Roselyne Min with AP Published on 18/04/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 Japan is stepping up efforts to compete in the humanoid robotics race, focusing on software and data. At the Humanoid Robot Expo in Tokyo, Japan’s first humanoid-focused event, a human-sized machine is picking up a bottle of tea from shelves and turning to its audience with a quip. “In the future, would we robots get a holiday? … Oh well. I don’t want to get sunburn,” said the humanoid robot called Galbot. Like Galbot, most of the humanoid robots on display were developed by Chinese companies, reflecting the country’s growing dominance in…
Padel is no longer just one of the world’s fastest-growth sports – it has also become one of travel’s fastest-growing trends. According to the International Padel Federation’s 2025 report, the racquet sport now counts more than 35 million players worldwide, with courts increasing by more than 15% in a single year and surpassing 77,000 globally. Europe sits at the centre of this boom, accounting for more than 60% of participation and roughly two-thirds of all courts worldwide. Looking to capitalise on this growing trend, hotels and resorts around the world are adding padel courts as headline amenities, while destinations are…
Published on 18/04/2026 – 7:14 GMT+2 Determined to disrupt, Hublot want to make it crystal clear to any doubters that they are a force to be reckoned with. With only 45-years of high-end watchmaking experience, the Swiss brand is relatively young compared to many of its rivals but it’s by no means overawed. It counts some of the world’s most popular sports stars among its roster of ambassadors and their, albeit, paid goodwill goes a long way to help the young brand punch well above its weight. Jamaica’s eight-time Olympic medalist, Usain Bolt, is one of Hublot’s main attractions when…
Anthropic’s recent financial trajectory has stunned market observers, with venture capital offers now placing the firm’s value at $800 billion (€678.3bn), on par with its main rival OpenAI. According to various reports, the company has seen its private valuation more than double in a matter of months, supported by a revenue run-rate that has reportedly climbed to $30 billion (€25.4bn). As the San Francisco-based AI developer prepares for a potential IPO, rumoured to happen as early as next autumn, it finds itself at the centre of an industry-wide debate regarding the balance between rapid growth and responsible scaling. The company’s…